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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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